Sep 10 2014
Gestalt Comics (via their website) reports that France’sTechnicolor, Canadian Nerd Corps Entertainment and Australia-based A Stark Production have reach final agreements over the partnership for the production of the CG adaptation of The Deep graphic novel series. The 26-episode The Deep TV Series is based on the award-winning books written by Australia’s Tom Taylor (Injustice, Earth …
Sep 09 2014
As proud supporters (and this year panelists) of Oz Comic-Con, we are pleased to be giving away 2 x DOUBLE WEEKEND PASSES for the inaugural SYDNEY (13-14 September) show. All you have to do is email the address below, include your FULL NAME and we’ll let lucky winners know! Anything and everything pop culture will fill the Sydney Exhibition …
Sep 05 2014
Join BEHIND THE PANELS performing LIVE for the first time ever at Oz Comic-Con Sydney! BEHIND THE PANELS is pleased to announce that we will be giving our first LIVE shows at the Oz Comic-Con in Sydney on September 13 and 14. In this issue, hosts Richard Gray and David McVay will be joined by special guests …
Sep 04 2014
Long rumoured to be a part of the DC Cinematic Universe, and now he has confirmed via Twitter that he will play the nefarious Black Adam. DC Comics added that it will be part of a new Shazam! film coming soon, with a script currently in development from Darren Lemke (Shrek Forever After, Jack the Giant …
Aug 30 2014
Green Arrow may have returned to the spotlight during the darker turns of the 1980s, but even he wouldn’t escape the superhero death toll of the 1990s. Mike Grell’s departure from the book coincided with a sea-change in the industry, with the Dark Age that arguably began with The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and culminated in the grunge …
Aug 29 2014
Marvel has been releasing an amazing collection of covers and trades to celebrate their 75th anniversary in the comics business, but this latest set might just take the cake. Collecting 11 hardcover sets of Marvel’s most iconic characters and their first appearances, the Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks set goes on sale next week. …
Aug 27 2014
Oz Comic-Con arrives next month in Brisbane and Sydney. As another major first, Behind the Panels gets mentioned in the press release. All around the world, we see people talking about how comics take a back-seat to movies and TV at comic-cons. This is not the case at Oz Comic-Con. In addition to a robust …
Aug 26 2014
Larime Taylor’s A Voice in the Dark is a book that you should be investing in. Let’s state our bias up-front. Since we first discovered the work and story of Larime Taylor, we’ve not only reviewed his stuff quite favourably, but we’ve also interviewed him several times. He’s even been a guest host on our …
Aug 25 2014
A near-pristine copy of 1938’s Action Comics #1, featuring the first appearance of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman, has sold for a record US $3,207,852.00 on auction site eBay. This marks the first time that any comic has been sold for more than $3 million. Rated by the Comics Guaranty Corporation as a CGC 9.0, the …
Aug 25 2014
Despite prognostications of doom earlier in the year, Guardians of the Galaxy has exceeded expectations and become the top box office earner of the US summer season. Beating out heavy hitters such as Transformers: Age of Extinction and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the Marvel Studios film returned to the top slot on the US box-office this …
Aug 22 2014
Earlier in the year, it was announced that writers Chris Roberson, Joshua Williamson, Paul Tobin, Christopher Sebela and Kelly Sue DeConnick will join forces on a crossover between Dark Horse‘s 20th Century Fox licences Aliens, Predator and Prometheus. Now the publisher has released a trailer for the first issue of the series, Prometheus: Fire and …
